#EFE4AA#EFE4AA

#EFE4AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.076 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE4AA
RGB	rgb(239, 228, 170)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(50, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 28.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.20, -4.96, 29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.20, 30.13, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0114 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.076 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.5962, 76.7414, 49.1161)
Luminance	0.7674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE4AA #AAB5EF

analogous

#EFC1AA #EFE4AA #D7EFAA

triadic

#EFE4AA #AAEFE4 #E4AAEF

tetradic

#EFE4AA #AAEFC1 #AAB5EF #EFAAD7

square

#EFE4AA #AAEFC1 #AAB5EF #EFAAD7

split-complementary

#EFE4AA #AAD7EF #C1AAEF

monochromatic

#DCC343 #E5D476 #EFE4AA #F9F4DE #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#EFE4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE4AA

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE4AA	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 228, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.076 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ecc3',
    500: '#efe4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe4aa;
$custom-light: #f5ecc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91382,
    "c": 0.07558,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE4AA

secondary

#707FCD

accent

#33D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE4AA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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